Kolkata panchang, 3 January 2029
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:03 Moonrise 19:54 Pausha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:01
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:03 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:03 – 19:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:18 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:18 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 15:38
- Karana Vishti until 17:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:38 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:18 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:06 – 17:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:01
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:03 – 19:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 14:22 | Bad |
| Char | 14:22 – 15:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:43 – 17:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:03 – 18:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:22 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:18 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:01 Scorpio
- 05:01 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:53 Capricorn
- 08:53 – 10:26 Aquarius
- 10:26 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:06 Cancer
- 20:06 – 22:17 Leo
- 22:17 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 04:57 next day Scorpio
- 04:57 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method